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HONORS CONVOCATION 2018

The entire Mercy school community convened on May 24th for the annual HONORS CONVOCATION to recognize all the stellar students of 2018. From math and science, service and scholarships, Newsprint and Lore yearbook, all were honored for their awesome achievements and a standing ovation to the seniors for a fabulous four years! Click here for photo album.

A big CONGRATULATIONS to Anastasia Warner '18 who has been selected as a National Merit $2500 Scholarship Winner! Ana is one of the 2,500 Merit Scholar designees chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding Finalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners are the Finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. Ana is Valedictorian for the Class of 2018 and will be attending the University of Michigan.

CONGRATULATIONS Scholastic Writing Award winners Clarisa Russenberger '18 and Anastasia Warner '18! Clarisa received a Silver Key in Journalism and Honorable Mentions in Journalism, Personal Essay/Memoir and Poetry. Ana received a Gold Key in Journalism, Silver Key in Journalism and Honorable Mention in Personal Essay/ Memoir. Such amazing talent and what an outstanding achievement!

Way to go Jenny Jaramillo '20 who entered the "Write Michigan" contest (https://www.writemichigan.org/) in the Spanish entries category. She won the "Readers' Choice" portion!

National Merit Semifinalist - We are proud to congratulate senior Anastasia Warner for being awarded National Merit Semifinalist and National Merit Finalist status. Anastasia represents less than one percent of US high school seniors, and reflects the highest scoring entrants in each state. We complement Anastasia on her hard work and accomplishments as she advances to the Finalist level, where she will compete for a National Merit Scholarship® award.

AP Scholars 2017

AP Scholars

Frankowski, Claire

Gier, Lydia

Janitz, Elizabeth

Kreucher, Jordyn

Lobbia, Allison

Mclaughlin, Claire

Ryan, Caitlin

Vanacker, Sydney

Warner, Anastasia

Yassay, Jillian

AP Scholar with Honor

Belans, Nicole

Colleran, Katherine

Cooper, Elise

Kurpiers, Sarah

Lobbia, Marissa

Nandigama, Saveri

Sanderson, Alexandra

Zheng, Yayun

AP Scholar with Distinction

Foley, Lauren

Jones, Edith

Zaremski, Giavanna

Honors Convocation 2017

Leadership. Service. Character. Excellence. The entire Mercy school community convened for the annual HONORS CONVOCATION to recognize all the stellar students of 2017. God Bless the Mercy High Class of 2017. Congratulations on earning over $20 million in college scholarships and serving over 25,000 hours of community service.

We are proud to announce the Class of 2017 Valedictorian is Sarah Kurpiers and Salutatorians are Chiaka Ibe and Jordyn Kreucher. Congratulations to the following seniors who were selected as Valedictorian and Salutatorian Finalists for the Class of 2017!

Nicole Belans

Hannah Hamilton

Chiaka Ibe

Elizabeth Janitz

Edith Jones

Samantha Kleedtke

Jordyn Kreucher

Sarah Kurpiers

Marissa Lobbia

Hanaa Saleh

Alexandra Sanderson

Katelynn Smith

Juliana Stoneback

Alissa Sweeney

Sydney Van Acker

Jillian Yassay

MERCYx Learning Worth Teaching

30 future leaders will presented their work in the form of short, powerful talks (12 minutes or less). Inspired by their study of English and American literature, race relations in America, and each other, they hope to engage you with their ideas and spark conversation.

2017 National Merit Scholarship Program

Congratulations to Saveri Nandigama '17 who was named a Semifinalist and then FINALIST in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Competition. And more congrats to Katelynn Smith, Olivia Warner and Giavanna Zaremski who were named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program.

MHSAA Scholar Athlete Award Finalist

Congratulations to Sarah Kurpiers '17 who was announced as a Finalist in the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Scholar-Athlete Awards. To be eligible for the award, students must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 (on a 4.0 scale) and previously have won a varsity letter in at least one sport in which the MHSAA sponsors a postseason tournament. Students also were asked to respond to a series of short essay questions, submit two letters of recommendation and a 500-word essay on the importance of sportsmanship in educational athletics.

HONOR ROLL - To qualify, students must earn a minimum 3.2 GPA for reported current semester.

The Riveters Robotics Team won their first ever district competition this past weekend at Woodhaven High School. They were selected first out of a field of 40 robots and were paired with team 5053, the Lakers from Lady of the Lakes Catholic School. This is the first Blue Banner in the history of The Riveters and was a thrilling culmination to the regular season. As an added bonus the team was awarded The Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers for their superior business plan and execution. This victory seals a trip to the Michigan State Championship on April 13 - 15 at Saginaw Valley State College and will likely send The Riveters to the World Championship in St. Louis on April 27 - 29. The Riveters are currently ranked 8th in the State of Michigan out of over 450 teams. Thank you sponsors and supporters of the team that helped us to register and build this year's competition robot. They donated money, time, software, fasteners, aluminum, and a whole lot of support and encouragement for the team.

Riveting News

The Riveters robotics team competed at the FIRST World Championship this past weekend in St. Louis, MO. Qualifying as the 38thbest robot in the State of Michigan out of 450 teams, team 1481 easily met the district point requirement to qualify for the World Championship. The competition featured 6 divisions with the Riveters competing on the Daly field named after Marie Maynard Daly, the first black woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. In Chemistry. This connection to our mostly girls team resonated and the Riveters ended up in 13th position out of 68 robots on the field. This is the furthest the team has ever advanced in post season play and the resume of the Riveters keeps getting better. With the number of teams selected for eliminations this places the Riveters as a top 400 robot in the world out of nearly 4,000 teams. This is exceptional performance for a third year FIRST Robotics team. You can see the team in action again this summer at the Big Bang Competition in Taylor on July 7-8.

Congratulations to Elise Almquist, Morgan Brietzke, Gabrielle Byrnes, Evelyn Dahmer, Mary Elizabeth Dunstone, Kaitlin McHenry, Bianca Seely, Yiran Shi, Katelynn Smith, Annie Treharne, Katherine Wildern and Jacquelyn Wilson from Mercy’s Art Department who won awards in this year’s Regional Scholastic Art Awards competition. Special congrats to Bianca who a won gold key in the individual photography and Katelynn who won a gold key in ceramics. Their pieces will compete in New York for national awards in March. Check out all the pieces here.

FHS Induction - The French Honor Society of Mercy High School welcomed 13 new members at the Annual Induction ceremony and Awards reception held in the Media Center on April 26th. The induction was highlighted by a beautiful candle lighting ceremony, in which the current members welcomed the new members by sharing the flame and reciting the pledge of induction. During the induction, La Marseillaise played as the French flag "Le Tricolore" was raised by the members. Madame Witte, who has attended every induction and awards ceremony since being Principal of Mercy High School, was inducted as an Honorary Member of the National French Honor Society. The following 2nd and 3rd year French students were proudly inducted after a year of candidacy and participation. We congratulate these new members and wish them success in their continued studies of the French language and culture:

Avalon Barr

Katie Bullock

Abigail Cataldi

Lauren Chalker

Isabella Dugas

Maggie Dwyer

Nathaie Gijsbers

Emily Marzolino

Danielle McDonald

Alexandra Neary

Alison Rybicki

Shannon Seabolt

AATF Outstanding Senior in French Award and Medal of Excellence: Sarah Kurpiers

AATF Senior Excellence in French Award and Medal of Excellence: Jordyn Kreucher

Northeast Conference Certificate of Excellence in French Award: Claire Frankowski

Alliance Française Certificate of Merit in French Award: Catherine Sawicky

The following seniors received certificates of Merit for 4.0 in 7 semesters of French:

Claire Frankowski

Jordyn Kreucher

Sarah Kurpiers

Alissa Sweeney

Catherine Sawicky

The following 3rd and 4th year members received Certificates for Outstanding Service:

Grace Denomme

Mackenzie Farrow

Cinya Hou

Jordyn Kreucher

Allison Lapinski

Karina Lloyd

Danielle McDonald

Kathryn Wolf

The 2017 Mercy French Honor Society Member of the Year was awarded to Mackenzie Farrow.

AP SCHOLARS 2016

AP Scholar With Distinction

Hyejeong Cha

Audrey Jones

Leah Kiros

Taylor Lombard

Alana Sullivan

AP Scholar with Honor

Kaitlyn Brown

Lucy Devine

Philomena Engel

Nadia Hakim

Erin Judd

Emma Mason

Maureen McGough

Lindsey Seashore

Keting Zhao

AP Scholars

Theresa Benton

Natalie Cieslak

Caitlin Delevie

Sarah Dwyer

Lauren Foley

Meaghan Fortney

Bridget Furlong

Erin Gormley

Colleen Hadley

Hannah Hembree

Julia Kirby

Annie Leuker

Emma Reck

Carmela Sleva

Caitlin Somerville

Madison Tarchala

Sabrina Yancey

Robotics Ribbon Cutting for New STEM Space

Mercy High School and the Greater Farmington Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Mercy Robotics Team, The Riveters, on Friday, December 16, 2016. We celebrated the new dedicated space at Mercy which will house equipment and materials to support Robotics. This new advanced space will make Robotics more feasible for Mercy students to participate and compete in the coming years as well as help contribute to STEM type activities at the school.

Mercy is the largest all-female high school in Michigan to house their own FIRST Robotics Team. Team 1481 The Riveters is only in their third year of competition, but finished 59 out of 411 teams in the State of Michigan last year and is the current defending State Champion in Imagery for the iconic representation of Rosie the Riveter. They also qualified the team for the World Championship of Robotics in St. Louis last spring. The team is dedicated to inspiring women to pursue careers in STEM related fields and the business of technology. There are currently 45 students and 20 mentors on the team.

Mercy High School is pleased to announce that we have been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for 2015 to 2017 for our integration of technology across the curriculum and school life. The Apple Distinguished School designation is reserved for programs that meet criteria for innovation, leadership, and educational excellence, and demonstrate Apple's vision of exemplary learning environments.The selection of Mercy High School as an Apple Distinguished School highlights our success as an innovative and compelling learning environment that engages students and provides tangible evidence of academic accomplishment.Read full press release here.